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棒旋星系NGC 4900中的恒星星族

Stellar Populations in the Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 4900

Simon Cantin, Carmelle Robert, Mercedes Mollá, Anne Pellerin

摘要:

我们目前的OASIS观测在加拿大-法国-夏威夷望远镜的SB(RS)C星系NGC 4900。在4700-5500 AA和6270- 7000 AA波长范围内收集了大约800个光谱,空间分辨率为~50 pc。这个星系是研究星系中心区域恒星星族及其历史的样本的一部分。在本文中,我们提出了我们的迭代技术开发一致地描述不同的恒星成分看到通过发射和吸收线。在NGC 4900中,我们发现许多年轻的恒星形成爆发沿着星系大尺度棒分布在核的两侧。它们占视场中实际恒星质量的近40%。这些爆发的年龄范围从550万年到800万年,金属丰度接近和超过2 Zsun。消光图给出的E(B-V)值从最年轻爆发附近的0.19+/-0.01到垂直于大比例尺的尘埃内部棒中的0.62+/-0.06。Mg 2和Fe I吸收线表明背景恒星星族年龄在1亿年到3亿年之间,平均金属丰度在太阳以下。我们认为,所有这些恒星形成的情节是长期演化的结果。在这种情况下,银河系的大尺度酒吧起着重要的作用,相对于最近的爆发和尘埃核酒吧观察。迭代技术使我们改进了对恒星星族参数的测定,主要是得到了老组分的更老的年龄和更可靠的恒星星族质量,并揭示了星系核的复合/过渡型活动。

英文摘要:

We present OASIS observations obtained at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope for the SB(rs)c galaxy NGC 4900. About 800 spectra in the wavelength range 4700-5500 AA and 6270- 7000 AA have been collected with a spatial resolution of ~50 pc. This galaxy is part of a sample to study the stellar populations and their history in the central region of galaxies. In this paper, we present our iterative technique developed to describe consistently the different stellar com- ponents seen through emission and absorption lines. In NGC 4900 we find many young bursts of star formation distributed along the galaxy large scale bar on each side of the nucleus. They represent nearly 40 per cent of the actual stellar mass in the field of view. The age for these bursts ranges from 5.5 to 8 Myr with a metallicity near and above 2 Zsun . The extinction map gives E(B-V) values from 0.19+/-0.01 near the youngest bursts to 0.62+/-0.06 in a dusty internal bar perpendicular to the large scale bar. The Mg 2 and Fe I absorption lines indicate the superposition of a background stellar population with an age between 100 Myr to 3 Gyr and a sub-solar metallicity on average. We propose that all these episodes of star formation are the consequence of a secular evolution. In this scenario, the galactic large scale bar plays an important role with respect to the recent bursts and the dusty nuclear bar observed. The iterative technique allows us to improve the determination of the stellar population parameters, mainly an older age is obtained for the old component and more reliable stellar population masses are found. A composite/transition type activity in the galaxy nucleus is also revealed with this technique.

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